Fall of 2011...

Sept. 8-10
the 6th annual festival

Online Registration is now closed.
Pick up previously purchased tickets at the Information Table at the Town Center.  Any remaining tickets may be purchased there as well during festival hours 8:30 a.m. on.

160days since
Our Festival

Major Sponsor

MANY THANKS TO
North Carolina Arts Council
This project is supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowments for the Arts.

A Festival of Ideas

NEW - Check out our series of Book Reviews on our blog!

Thank You Sponsors!

Banquet Sponsor

Friday Evening Sponsor
Penland School of Crafts & Gina Phillips, Spruce Pine

Workshop Sponsor
The Grapevine, Burnsville 
The Parkway Playhouse, Burnsville

Author's Friend
David & Carolyn Cort, Burnsville
A Touch of Cass, Burnsville
Drs. Carolyn and David Cort, Burnsville
Ruth and Charles Price, Burnsville
 
Road Scholar Sponsor
This project is made possible by a grant from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Book Lover
Rosemary Banks, Burnsville

Bookmarks

Zack Skokos Memorial Fund
    Ruth and Charles Price

Register


It is now possible to register for the 2011 festival using PayPal.

On-Line Registration IS NOW CLOSED.  Any remaining workshop spots or the banquet tickets must be purchased at the Town Center's Information Table.  
(If you have already purchased tickets, this is where you will pick them up.)

Pre-registration is required ONLY for those events with a fee, and/or limited attendance: the writing workshops and the Saturday Dinner Banquet. Audrey Niffennegger's talk/reading on Friday evening is free.
* Print attachment at the bottom of the page to register through snail mail.(The printable version will be available when the times and locations are finalized.) 
 
General sessions are free and no advance registration is needed.

Tickets for paid events can be picked up at the registration desk in the lobby of the Burnsville Town Center during the Festival. Registration fees are non-refundable. If you are unable to attend, your fee will be considered a donation to the Literary Festival.
WORKSHOPS  
$25 per workshop per participant

Brenda Lunsford Lilly (playwriting)
1:30-4:30  Friday, September 9
Yancey Library Meeting Room
Creating Memorable Characters and Character Arcs 
9/12 spots filled

Michael Kline(artists' statements & more)
9 - 11:45 Saturday, September 10

Mountain Heritage Center (not the HS)

Visual Artist Writing About Art

4/10 spots filled

Kevin McIlvoy (prose poetry) 

1:30 - 4:15 Saturday, September 10

Mountain Heritage Center (not the HS)

Prose Poetry: What's Going On Inside Those Boxes

FULL     

SATURDAY EVENING BANQUET 


with

 Ron Rash  


7pm in the Town Center Legacy Room


more details to follow


Tickets are $30 per person.


   ONLY 5 tickets remaining!
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Britt Kaufmann,
Aug 11, 2011 8:50 AM